South Korea Evacuates Thousands of Scouts Ahead of Typhoon

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8 August 2023 15:11 WIB

A participant prepares to leave the camping site of the 25th World Scout Jamboree in Buan, South Korea, August 8, 2023. South Korea on Tuesday started evacuating thousands of teenage participants at the World Scout Jamboree from a campsite in the southwest of the country to safer areas mainly around the capital Seoul ahead of an approaching typhoon. REUTERS/Kim Hong-Ji

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A participant checks her belongings as they prepare to leave the camping site of the 25th World Scout Jamboree in Buan, South Korea, August 8, 2023. The evacuation is the latest blow to the 10-day jamboree, after hundreds fell ill due to a heatwave and amid mounting complaints from parents over its organisation, which prompted the earlier withdrawal of the U.S. and British scout contingents. REUTERS/Kim Hong-Ji

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Participants rest under the shade as they prepare to leave the camping site of the 25th World Scout Jamboree in Buan, South Korea, August 8, 2023. REUTERS/Kim Hong-Ji

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